Taylor Morrison Opens New Model Home in Meridiana Master-Planned Community
MANVEL/IOWA COLONY, TX (April 20, 2016) – Taylor Morrison has opened a new model home in the Highway 288 master-planned community of Meridiana, just minutes south of the Texas Medical Center, where the one of the top national homebuilders is now selling luxury homes on 65-foot homesites starting in the $320’s. Taylor Morrison’s new Bevington model in Meridiana features an impressive two-story foyer, formal dining, a soaring two-story family room with optional corner fireplace and spectacular gourmet island kitchen. The five-bedroom, four-bath home also presents an inviting master suite, spacious secondary bedrooms, game room and media room. Six floorplans ranging from 2,741 – 3,787 square feet, all part of Taylor Morrison’s highly acclaimed Chateau Series, are now available in Meridiana. Plans include first-floor master suite with large, spa-style bathroom, flex room for a home office or workout room, three-car garage, optional fifth bedroom, master bedroom bay window, rear covered patio and others. Several move-in ready homes by Taylor Morrison also will be available soon. Meridiana’s newest model home by Taylor Morrison, professionally furnished and expertly decorated, is open daily, Monday – Thursday and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Friday and Sunday from noon – 6 p.m. Recently, Taylor Morrison was named America’s Most Trusted BuilderTM for 2016 in a study by Lifestory Research based on more than 39,000 responses from those actively shopping for a new home. Four other Meridiana homebuilders, Shea Homes, David Weekley Homes, Highland Homes and Perry Homes, also earned spots on the list among national homebuilders. Developed by Rise Communities, Meridiana is the newest master-planned community on Texas Highway 288 and the future Meridiana Parkway (now County Road 56) minutes south of the Texas Medical Center. The 3,000-acre community south of Highway 6 also is minutes north of several major Brazoria County employers. In addition to new luxury homes, Meridiana will feature a sprawling Amenity Village with a resort-style family pool, cabanas and nearby café, kids’ splash pad and a spacious fitness center with on-site personal trainer, spin bikes, free weights and exercise machines. The fitness center also will offer lockers, showers and a kids’ playroom. The Amenity Village also will be home to a glass-walled conservatory set over the water, ideal for receptions and special events, and a fully customized, 40-foot luxury Ambassador’s Yacht where Meridiana dog ambassador Soleil will invite residents to spend the night in honor of a birthday or special occasion. Other features include an outdoor game area with giant chessboard, ping pong tables, washer toss and wide open spaces for play. Individuals can go to www.MeridianaTexas.com to sign up for e-mail updates on the latest news and information as the community is developed. Also, follow Meridiana at www.Facebook.com/MeridianaTexas and on Twitter and Instagram at...
Read MoreHouston’s First “Street Pantries” Debut in New Custom Home Section of Cane Island
KATY, TX (March 31, 2016) – The Katy master-planned community of Cane Island, fresh off its grand opening and Amenity Village introduction, has opened an exclusive gated section of luxury custom homesites featuring Houston’s first “Street Pantries” to create a secure and convenient way for online purchases, groceries, dry cleaning and other items to be delivered directly to the home. The Estates at Cane Island features 22 half-acre homesites with impressive lakefront views or lush, forested settings complete with hundreds of mature trees that will change accent color over the course of the night via a custom tree lighting program. Streets in the new section also will be lined with illuminated, mature trees. “Our custom home section offers families the opportunity to enjoy the privacy of an exclusive neighborhood with all of the resort-style amenities of Cane Island,” says Beth Naef, custom home sales manager for the new Cane Island neighborhood. Each custom home in Cane Island will be the first in Houston built with a garage-attached, air-conditioned Street Pantry, ideal for deliveries when a resident is away. The spaces will be equipped with shelving, a rod for dry cleaning deliveries and electrical outlet for an optional, powered ice chest for storing groceries for an extended time. As an added convenience, the homeowner will receive a text message when a delivery is made according to the passcode assigned to each service. Or, a resident can choose to have a delivery sent to the Cane Island Welcome Center rather than directly to their home. In these cases, a Cane Island host can be granted a passcode to place the item in the resident’s private Street Pantry. User codes can be changed, deleted or programmed to work during a specified time range when a delivery is expected. Each Street Pantry will offer approximately 115 cubic feet of storage accessible by a secure, side door inside each garage, thereby eliminating the need for the home owner to go outside the house to enter the space. “The Street Pantries and programmed custom lights in the forested homesite section are just two of the little touches designed to create a different kind of custom home experience,” adds Naef. The Estates at Cane Island also will feature an impressive gated entry and mature tree entrance befitting one of west Houston’s finest custom home neighborhoods. The four exclusive custom home builders for The Estates at Cane Island will be announced in the coming weeks. Construction of the first four custom homes is expected to begin in June. Like all families in the Katy master-planned community, residents of The Estates at Cane Island will enjoy the Cane Island Amenity Village featuring a family pool with cabanas, children’s water playground and ample shade. The resort-style Amenity Village also includes a lap pool, two-story fitness center, yoga studio, glass-walled conservatory for special events, poolside cafe and cozy, fireside relaxation areas. The Amenity Village also offers a high-end event space serviced by a restaurant-quality commercial kitchen and community lawn shaded by rescued, 75-year-old oak trees. Cane Island families participate in resident-only events including fireside “Desserts at Dusk” and “Movies on the Lawn,” wine tastings in the Cane Island conservatory and artist-led painting classes as planned by the community’s Lifestyle Coordinator. For more information and tours of The Estates at Cane Island, contact Beth Naef at beth@caneisland.com or at 702-682-6529. For directions to Cane Island and to sign up for e-mail updates from the community, go to www.CaneIsland.com. Also, follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and Twitter...
Read MoreCane Island Opens Three New Models by Shea Homes, David Weekley Homes
KATY, TX (March 29, 2016) – Cane Island has expanded its model home collection to 14 fully furnished showcases with the opening of two new models by Shea Homes, its first in the Katy master-planned community, and a third by David Weekley Homes. Priced from the $430’s, Shea Homes offers several three, four and five-bedroom plans from 2,975 – 4,672 square feet featuring great rooms ideal for entertaining, gourmet kitchens, impressive master suites and spacious secondary bedrooms. Shea’s first Cane Island model is a 1.5-story, four-bedroom, 4.5-bath French Country home featuring an open-concept gourmet kitchen/great room, formal dining, courtyard, study, upstairs movie theater and three-car garage. Its second model is a two-story, five-bedroom, 4.5-bath Spanish Territorial-styled villa with an inspiring entry foyer, great room and chef-style kitchen, first-floor master suite, courtyard and upstairs game room. David Weekley’s third Cane Island model is a single-story, three-bedroom home on a 50-foot homesite with an open-concept kitchen, dining and family rooms, owner’s retreat and study. Several other plans on 50-foot Cane Island homesites are available from the $270’s ranging from 1,831 – 2,760 square feet. Both homebuilders also offer new homes ready for move in. Cane Island is west Houston’s newest master-planned community featuring new luxury homes from the $200’s to the millions, including those in gated sections and on cul-de-sac homesites from Coventry Homes, Toll Brothers, Ryland Homes, Shea Homes, David Weekley Homes, Perry Homes and Trendmaker Homes. The community also features an all-new Amenity Village featuring a family pool with children’s water playground, lap pool, two-story fitness center, yoga studio, a glass-walled conservatory for community events and poolside cafe. For directions to Cane Island and to sign up for e-mail updates from the community, go to www.CaneIsland.com. Also, follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and Twitter...
Read MoreCane Island Parkway Opens; Cane Island Master-Planned Community Now Accessible From I-10
KATY, TX (March 26, 2016) – The signature roadway to Katy’s newest master-planned community, Cane Island Parkway, now is accessible from Interstate 10 in both directions with the opening of the Cane Island Parkway/I-10 interchange less than four miles west of the Grand Parkway. Now open from I-10 east and west, the four-lane, tree-lined Cane Island Parkway currently is open to Highway 90 where motorists can take a short detour to enter the Cane Island master-planned community via First Street. A crossover at Highway 90, providing direct access into the community from Cane Island Parkway, is currently under construction. “The ability to access I-10 from Cane Island Parkway is certainly one of the community’s chief selling points,” notes Dan Naef, president of Rise Communities, developer of Cane Island. “The Cane Island Parkway exit is now less than a half mile to our main entrance.” Cane Island offers new homes from the $200’s to the millions, including those in gated sections and on cul-de-sac homesites from Coventry Homes, Toll Brothers, Ryland Homes, Shea Homes, David Weekley Homes, Perry Homes and Trendmaker Homes. Its 14 all-new model homes, each presenting the latest in luxury home designs to suit any budget and lifestyle, are open daily. Cane Island offers a sprawling, resort-style Amenity Village where residents enjoy a gorgeous family pool with cabanas, children’s water playground and ample shade. Other features include a lap pool, two-story fitness center rivaling the finest health spas, yoga studio, spectacular glass-walled conservatory, poolside café, high-end event space serviced by a restaurant-quality commercial kitchen and cozy, fireside seating areas. The Amenity Village also offers a Community Lawn shaded by rescued, 75-year-old oak trees. Cane Island families participate in resident-only events including fireside “Desserts at Dusk” and “Movies on the Lawn,” wine tastings in the Cane Island conservatory and artist-led painting classes as planned by the community’s Lifestyle Coordinator. Residents of Cane Island also attend schools in the highly acclaimed Katy Independent School District. For directions to Cane Island and to sign up for e-mail updates from the community, go to www.CaneIsland.com. Also, follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and Twitter...
Read MoreHighland Homes Opens First Model In 288 Master-Planned Community of Meridiana
MANVEL/IOWA COLONY (March 23, 2016) – Highland Homes has opened the first new model home in Meridiana, the newest master-planned community on Texas Highway 288, where strong interest from homebuyers has home builders working feverishly to complete models and move-in ready homes well before the community’s grand opening this summer. Highland’s new Meridiana model home, fully furnished and exceptionally decorated, is a two-story, five-bedroom showcase with stone elevation featuring an open concept gourmet kitchen/family room/dining ideal for entertaining, first-floor master suite, spacious secondary bedrooms, game room, study and three-car tandem garage. Meridiana’s first new model home by Highland is open daily, Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Sunday, noon – 7 p.m. In addition to its showcase model home, Highland offers seven other single and two-story plans from 2,655 – 3,598 square feet with four-bedroom plans starting in the $320’s. Highland also will offer move-in ready homes beginning in May. Homesites in Meridiana will range from 50 – 100 feet in width including those on cul-de-sacs and secluded gated sections. Meridiana homesites also will be five feet deeper than those in other master-planned communities. Developed by Rise Communities, Meridiana is the newest master-planned community south of the Texas Medical Center on Texas Highway 288 and the future Meridiana Parkway (now County Road 56) just south of Highway 6. The 3,000-acre community also is minutes north of several major Brazoria County employers. Meridiana offers new homes by David Weekley Homes, Highland Homes, Perry Homes, Plantation Homes, Ryland Homes, Shea Homes, Taylor Morrison and Trendmaker Homes. The community also will feature a sprawling Amenity Village with a resort-style family pool with cabanas and nearby café, kids’ splash pad and a spacious fitness center with on-site personal trainer, spin bikes, free weights and exercise machines. The fitness center also will offer lockers, showers and a kids’ playroom. The Amenity Village will be home to a glass-walled conservatory set over the water, ideal for receptions and special events, and a fully customized, 40-foot luxury Ambassador’s Yacht where Meridiana dog ambassador Soleil will invite residents to spend the night in honor of a birthday or special occasion. Families also will enjoy an outdoor game area with giant chessboard, ping pong tables, washer toss and wide open spaces for play. As part of the community’s unique education focus for every stage of life, the development team is working closely with faculty of the Alvin Independent School District to create engaging outdoor learning and discovery experiences, each with dedicated websites, as part of Meridiana’s first phase. Each experience will be designed to fit into the District’s curriculum for students from kindergarten through high school. Individuals can go to www.MeridianaTexas.com to sign up for e-mail updates on the latest news and information as the community is developed. Also, follow Meridiana at www.Facebook.com/MeridianaTexas and on Twitter and Instagram at...
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